the Latin, wherein this tincture is titled, PurpureusColor. It is, inSpanish, purpura and morado, in Italian, porporino and pavonazzo, and in Ger-man, purpur. Guillim saj^s : Purpure is a color,that consisteth of much red, and a smallquantity of black, and is thus described,Purpureus Color est,… … 270 Sloans Architectural Review and Builders Journal. [October, according to proportion, this purplecolor is raised. It has its denominationof a certain shell-fish, called in Latin,purpura, which was formerly chieflyfound near the famous city of Tyre, inPhoenicia. From this fish the Tyriansdrew a…
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